We consulted the experts at the reviews website Wirecutter to learn about their recommended headphones in a variety of categories. We spoke to Lauren Dragan, a writer who spent many years reviewing high end audio products for Sound & Vision. She now spends her days testing hundreds of pairs of headphones. Here are her picks, which you can also find on the Wirecutter website.

"If your main goal isn’t just ease of connection, the Jabra do everything better. They sound better, they fit better, they stay in better, they're sweat resistant, they have controls for the volume which [AirPods] do not," said Dragan.